RMweb Premium Claude_Dreyfus Posted December 23, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 23, 2014 I have just returned from a two-week holiday in Australia - my first time south of the equator. It was a great couple of weeks - good weather and fantastic food. Our trip covered five locations; Melbourne, Alice Springs, Ayres Rock, Cairns and Sydney. Although not a railway trip, I was able to grab a few passing pictures Melbourne: Diesel units stabled outside of Melbourne Southern Cross Station There still looks to be a decent amount of loco-hauled stuff around Melbourne - also just outside of Southern Cross station are the loco stabling sidings, mainly containing N Class locos. Also present was this rather tatty-looking shunter. A couple of VLocity DMUs A Metro train travelling between Flinders Street and Southern Cross stations. Alice Springs: Not a great deal to report from Alice Springs, apart from a number of Kangaroos (plus joey) near the overland telegraph station museum. The station has a mixture of freight wagons scattered around the vicinity, but no sign of the famed 'Ghan' - picked the wrong day to visit methinks. Of interest was this plinthed loco - a remnant of the old narrow gauge line to Alice. Cairns: Whilst at Cairns, we had a day trip to Kuranda...which included a trip on the Kuranda railway; a pretty spectacular journey down the mountainside. QR 1720 class loco, used on the Kuranda line Sydney: A couple of pictures of the Sydney metro... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69843 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Ah, the ubiquitous T-set/Tangara! (in the shots from Sydney) Some of the unidentified stuff is a NSU Class-NSU 53 ('The Old Ghan Train') and a Y class shunter (number unknown). Those from Vic will be able to help with identity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted December 26, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2014 I thought that you had gone rather quiet on here. Some great shots. It's certainly changed since I was last there but Kuranda looks much the same. A superb ride. We did the Ghan from Adelaide to Alice Springs done years ago and found it very underwhelming both I scenery and very basic service for seated passengers. Ought to go back and visit relatives in Melbourne soon. So can we expect an Australian N scale layout in addition to the Japanese one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Claude_Dreyfus Posted December 26, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 26, 2014 So can we expect an Australian N scale layout in addition to the Japanese one? Certainly tempted - Kuranda station is very attractive and somewhat modellable. That said, I'm not sure I can divert to yet another country! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 If you need tempting, the 1720 class which work the Kuranda trains is available in HOn3½. Cheers David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QRModeller Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Or in N if you don't want to switch scales... (and can live with it not having enough wheels and being the wrong gauge!) http://peterboormansworkshop.com.au/catalogue.php?c=2&t=1 Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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